The National Marine Fisheries Service and the Navy recently finalized marine-mammal-stranding response plans for three of the Navy’s largest training areas: the Hawaii Range Complex, the Southern California Range Complex, and the Atlantic Fleet Active Sonar Training area.
Similar stranding response plans will be developed for the Navy’s 10 remaining “at-sea” major training ranges and operating areas.
Every year approximately 3,500 marine mammals strand on U.S. coasts. In many cases, the causes of these strandings can not be determined, though …Â Details
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